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Suspending The Palin Debate?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
The other shoe drops. CNN reports: McCain surrogate Sen. Lindsey Graham tells CNN the McCain campaign is proposing to the Presidential Debate Commission and the Obama camp that if there's no bailout deal by Friday, the first presidential debate should take the place of the VP debate, currently scheduled for next Thursday, October 2 in St. Louis.
In this scenario, the vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin would be rescheduled for a date yet to be determined, and take place in Oxford, Mississippi, currently slated to be the site ...
No More Mister Nice Blog — IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW CNN: McCain camp to propose postponing VP debate McCain supporter Sen. Lindsey Graham tells CNN the McCain campaign is proposing to the Presidential Debate Commission and the Obama camp that if there's no bailout deal by Friday, the first presidential debate should take the place of the VP debate, currently scheduled for next Thursday, October 2 in St. Louis. In this scenario, the vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin would be rescheduled for a date yet to be determined, and take place in ...
Saving Sarah!
Talking Points Memo —
... These guys are just digging into such depths of nonsense and desperation that pretty soon they're going to pop out in China, which will be helpful since they can ask the Chinese for the trillion dollars it'll take to bail out McCain's pals on Wall Street for the mess his economics advisor Phil Gramm made possible. Here's the latest attempt to exploit the financial market crisis for political ends (from CNN)... ...
McCain camp: Let’s postpone the VP debate, too
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... An ultimatum via Grahamnesty: If there’s no deal in Congress on the bailout by Friday, McCain’s not going to Mississippi. Even though an ...
McCain's proposal
Ben Smith's Blog —
... CNN reports that McCain's campaign is proposing swapping the planned Friday debate for next Thursday's vice presidential debate if, and only if, there isn't a bailout deal reached by Friday. ...
McCain camp proposes pushing debate back a week to St. Louis
Jonathan Martin's Blog —
Dana Bash:
McCain supporter Sen. Lindsey Graham tells CNN the McCain campaign is proposing to the Presidential Debate Commission and the Obama camp that if there's no bailout deal by Friday, the first presidential debate should take the place of the VP debate, currently scheduled for next Thursday, Oct. 2, in St. Louis.
In this scenario, the vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin would be rescheduled for a date yet to be determined, and take place in Oxford, Miss., currently slated to be the site of the first presidential faceoff this Friday. ...
I Saw My Head Laughing, Rolling On The Ground
Firedoglake —
... Really. This is one unforced error atop another. The McCain campaign is now suggesting suspending the Biden-Palin debate. It's almost as if they think that compounding the initial mistake would wash the whole thing clean. Did McCain hire Bob Shrum and not tell anyone? ...
Veep debate to be postponed, too?
Sister Toldjah —
... Ok, this is getting silly, and will increase the criticism coming from media/leftie quarters that Gov. Palin can’t handle herself on her own and needs more time. Not to mention how voters will view the proposed veep debate postponement. ...
Do-Over?
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
by Jesse Taylor
How long until Rudy Giuliani pops his head up and demands that we postpone the election?
McCain supporter Sen. Lindsey Graham tells CNN the McCain campaign is proposing to the Presidential Debate Commission and the Obama camp that if there’s no bailout deal by Friday, the first presidential debate should take the place of the VP debate, currently scheduled for next Thursday, October 2 in St. Louis.
In this scenario, the vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin would be rescheduled for a date ...
McCain Now Wants to Bump VP Debate
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) tells CNN the McCain campaign is proposing "that if there's no bailout deal by Friday, the first presidential debate should take the place of the VP debate, currently scheduled for next Thursday, October 2 in St. Louis." ...
Quick! Hide Sarah Palin!
Obsidian Wings —
... by hilzoy
CNN:
"McCain supporter Sen. Lindsey Graham tells CNN the McCain campaign is proposing to the Presidential Debate Commission and the Obama camp that if there's no bailout deal by Friday, the first presidential debate should take the place of the VP debate, currently scheduled for next Thursday, October 2 in St. Louis.
In this scenario, the vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin would be rescheduled for a date yet to be determined, and take place in Oxford, Mississippi, currently slated to be the site of the ...
Quick! Hide Sarah Palin!
Political Animal —
Quick! Hide Sarah Palin! CNN : "McCain supporter Sen. Lindsey Graham tells CNN the McCain campaign is proposing to the Presidential Debate Commission and the Obama camp that if there's no bailout deal by Friday, the first presidential debate should take the place of the VP debate, currently scheduled for next Thursday, October 2 in St. Louis. In this scenario, the vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin would be rescheduled for a date yet to be determined, and take place in Oxford, Mississippi, currently slated to be the site of the first presidential faceoff ...
What if they gave a presidential debate and nobody came?
Crooked Timber —
According to CNN, McCain may be a no-show on Friday.
Graham says the McCain camp is well aware of the position of the Obama campaign and the debate commission that the debate should go on as planned — but both he and another senior McCain adviser insist the Republican nominee will not go to the debate Friday if there’s no deal on the bailout.
This reminds me of the famous episode of ‘Have I Got News For You” where the Right Honourable Roy Hattersley failed to turn up for the third time. ...
What are they afraid of?
INSTAPUTZ —
Don't blink, Sarah. Incidentally, Sully finds that people think McSame's dodging the Friday debate is total BS. Can you say "backfire"?
Now McCain Wants to Cancel the VP Debate
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines —
... Was this the plan all along? CNN reports that Team McCain wants the first presidential debate to “take the place of the VP debate, currently scheduled for next Thursday” if there’s no bailout deal by Friday. ...
McCain's Naked Sexism
Taylor Marsh —
... McCain’s stunt to suspend his campaign, it turns out, may be just a stunt to save Sarah by getting the veep debate postponed as well. Seriously, the Republicans aren’t even trying to pretend Palin has the chops for the job. ...
Debate Drama: How About if Nader & McKinney Stand in for McCain?
Tennessee Guerilla Women —
... And now the McCain camp is talking about postponing the VP debate. Did John McCain hear the rumor about Obama's October Surprise? The one where ...
Let’s Suspend the Whole Election
Jon Swift —
... his campaign and postponing the debates to get our economy running again. McCain is not by nature one to be rash and impulsive, but I think it’s time for him to throw caution to the wind for a change and ask Barack Obama to agree to suspend the entire ...
Roger Ailes — Bailout Johnny Rictus is runnin' scared: McCain supporter Sen. Lindsey Graham tells CNN the McCain campaign is proposing to the Presidential Debate Commission and the Obama camp that if there's no bailout deal by Friday, the first presidential debate should take the place of the VP debate, currently scheduled for next Thursday, October 2 in St. Louis. In this scenario, the vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin would be rescheduled for a date yet to be determined, and take place in Oxford, Mississippi, currently slated to be ...
The McCain Maneuver
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
... debates). It isn’t as if they can’t both go to Washington and continue to run commercials and go to Mississippi for the debate (unless the Senate is somehow in emergency session until deep into the night tomorrow, but that is looking unlikely). ...
Still not ready for primetime
Political Animal —
... task. But she's been a national candidate now for nearly a month, and she doesn't appear to have the foggiest idea what she's doing. Worse, Palin is yet to demonstrate any working knowledge of any subject. The Couric interview reinforced what many already feared -- the notion that Palin is ready for primetime is ridiculous, and the idea that she's prepared to be one heartbeat from the presidency in four months is literally laughable. There's a very good reason the McCain campaign wants to delay the Palin-Biden debate , and it has nothing to do with Wall Street.— ...
Painful Palin: Not to belabor the point, but...
The Reaction —
By Michael J.W. Stickings So now the McCain campaign wants to postpone the vice presidential debate, too? There's a shock. The excuse is the supposed financial crisis, of course, the one McCain is using to score political points by sort of but not really suspending his campaign. I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that Palin clearly isn't even close to being ready for anything even resembling a debate. (She met with foreign leaders again on Wednesday, but ...
Whose Ego?
The Mahablog —
... CNN reports that the McCain campaign wants to “postpone” the vice presidential debate and use that time for a first presidential debate. I believe either Letterman or Olbermann predicted last night that’s what they would do. The McCain campaign seems almost desperate to keep Palin in a media burqa, which is peculiar given that she’s the only reason McCain’s campaign has been competitive since the conventions. ...
Sarah Palin will be answering questions later.
Althouse —
... And that, the night before we hear that the McCain campaign is trying to rearrange the debates so that Palin would not be up next Friday. ...
Is there a Cowardly Lion running for the White House?
The Moderate Voice —
... McCain has to debate Obama so I am confident that will happen eventually. If Obama agrees with the proposed timetable of replacing the V.P. debate with the first Presidential debate, will a Biden / Palin debate take place? If that debate does not happen, I can’t wait to see the reaction of ...
Taylor Marsh: McCain's Mannequin
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... McCain's stunt to suspend his campaign, it turns out, may be just a stunt to save Sarah by getting the veep debate postponed as well. Seriously, the Republicans aren't even trying to pretend Palin has the chops for the job. ...
McCain’s Cut & Run Campaign
The Republic of T. —
... . But, at least in my office, the references were made jokingly. Because we were certain that after pulling one fairly obvious stunt, the McCain campaign wouldn’t pull another blatantly obvious stunt, like canceling the V.P. debate. We were wrong. ...
Video: Protecting Palin?
The Latest on Air America —
Is John McCain "suspending" his campaign to protect Palin?
9/25: McCain Calls Time-Out
Blogometer —
... . Lefty bloggers believe that McCain is trying to politicize the bailout debate in Congress rather than engage in a good-faith effort to move the negotiations along. They also believe that the McCain camp is proposing to postpone the VP debate because they fear that Sarah Palin isn't ready for prime time, as evidenced by her shaky performance during her ...
McCain's Cynicism Poisoning The National Soul
DownWithTyranny! —
... No matter what our preferences or the dire conditions we are facing, we base our continuity as a nation on the process continuing unabated through the confusion; that process is where the possibility of real change lies. And as one of our two candidates for President, Mr McCain owes us the debates, Presidential and Vice-Presidential. It seems to me to be the most important democratic process outside of actually voting and serving. ...
Prepared on day 1!
WTF Is It Now?!? —
... McCain supporter Lindsey Graham (R-Pantywaist) tells CNN the McCain campaign is proposing that if there's no bailout deal by Friday, the first presidential debate should take the place of the VP debate, currently scheduled for next Thursday, October 2 in St. Louis. ...
"Anonymous Liberal" gets it right
The Reaction —
... As it is, McCain managed to limit its exposure, first by "cancelling" campaigning, and then by cancelling on Letterman, both dishonest acts of cowardice. And now, CNN is reporting that McCain wants to delay the VP debate! I wonder if he's thinking of replacing her with someone who's a bit more...seasoned. After ...
No More Mister Nice Blog — ... This also means that the McCain campaign isn't going to be able to shift the debate schedule and postpone the VP debate, as the McCainiacs were hoping. ...
How John McCain Lost
The American Spectator —
... suggested this latest "maverick" move would be seen by voters as "a reckless act by an impetuous and struggling politician," and quoted a GOP strategist bluntly calling it "desperate and nuts." The Obama campaign immediately rejected a postponement of the first debate. McCain ally Sen. Lindsey Graham had suggested switching dates with the first vice-presidential debate, and some saw this as a Republican attempt to gain more time for GOP running mate Sarah Palin to prepare for her meeting with Joe Biden. Whatever the motive, Whatever the motive, McCain's bid to delay the ...
Kathleen Reardon: John McCain1 and John McCain2: Why We Can't Afford Either As President
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... - blaming him for the current economic fiasco was reckless too. His abrupt decision to go to Washington just before the initial vote by Congress on the bailout bill might have been fine. But why days before the first presidential debate announce you might not be there? Why not be patient -- take things a day at a time even hour by hour - to let circumstances play out a little? ...
